SonoSite S-Cath - General Interaction; Touchpad; Control Keys and Knobs; Entering Text

Chapter 1: Getting Started 7
Getting Started
General interaction
Touchpad
Informsandthesetuppages,thetouchpadis
similartoamouseonportablePCs.Usingthe
touchpad,youmovethepointertoanitemand
thenclick(pressthekeybelowthetouchpad)to
activatethatitem.
Inothercontexts,thetouchpadadjustsand
movesitemson‐screen:calipers,
regionof
interest(ROI)box,andmore.Clickingcantoggle
amongselecteditems.
Control keys and knobs
Thecontrolkeysandknobschangedynamically
dependingoncontext.Forexample,freezingan
imagemaydisplaythecontrolsforzooming,
performingmeasurements,andreviewingthe
cinebuffer.Thecurrentnameappearson‐screen
nexttothekeyorknob.
Toselectacontrolkey,pressit.Tosel ectacontrol
knob,pressit,turnit,orboth,dependingon
context.
Functionality
Ingeneral,acontrolfunctionsinoneofthe
followingways:
Knob or key
•Turnsafeatureonoroff.
•Performsanactionsuchassavingor
returningtothepreviousscreen.
•Displaysadditionalcontrols.
Knob only
•Makesfineradjustmentstogain,depth,
PRFscale,gatesize,andmore.
•Scrollsthroughthecinebufferandsaved
images.
Key only
•Cyclesthrough
alistofsettings.
• Displaysalistfromwhichtoselect.
Identifiedbyanarrow .Pressingthe
keydisplaysthelist.
•Activatestheright‐handknob.Thesekeys
areidentifiedbyadoublecircle .When
pressed,thekeyisoutlined,alongwith
theright‐handknob.
Page x/xdisplaysadditionalcontrols.
Entering text
Informsandannotations,youcanentertextin
textfieldsusingeithertheon‐screenkeyboardor
anexternalUSBkeyboardconnectedtoaUSB
portonthesystem.
IfusinganexternalUSBkeyboard,youenter
charactersbytyping.The
TABkeynavigates
amongtextfields.
To enter text in text fields using the
on-screen keyboard
1 Clickatextfield.
Theon‐screenkeyboardappearswiththetext
fieldatthetop.
2 Clickeachcharacteryouwanttoenter.
•TheÄñkeydisplaysandhides
internationalcharacters.
•The
SYMBOLSkeydisplayssymbolsand
punctuation.
•The
CAPSLOCKkey turnscapital
lettersonandoff.
•The
SHIFTkeyturnscapitalletterson
oroffforthenextletterentered.
WARNING:
To avoid contamination, do not use
the USB keyboard supplied by
SonoSite in a sterile environment.
The USB keyboard is not sterilized
and cannot withstand sterilization.